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Marius Guei
Marius Guei
4,681 Points
Posted by Marius Guei
Marius Guei
4,681 Points

Accessibility....semantic markups?

We’re talking about Accessibility here...why use so many “DIV’s” and why not semantic markup...ie nav..main.section....aside which screen readers will be able to detect which part of the site its on...

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points

You didn't link to a video or mention which course you're working with, but I'd bet it's either one that is intended to be taken before the one(s) that introduce the semantic tags, or perhaps it's one that was created before the semantic tags were generally recognized by all browsers.

Marius Guei
Marius Guei
4,681 Points
Marius Guei
Marius Guei
4,681 Points

Apologies but it was the Accessibility course. And I think your on the ball about it being created before semantic tags